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Stories for 3 February 2006

Oxfordshire Business

Air passenger's court triumph

An Oxford business adviser has won a test case which could help airline passengers across Europe win compensation when their flights are cancelled.   more...

Oxfordshire News

Pregnancy and life on water are no barriers

Kate Pounds, 28, is used to achieving firsts.   more...

Success stories

It may seem a good idea to some to remove ministerial discretion from the process of deciding who can work with children, but it would be wrong to create a system that has no governmental scrutiny.   more...

Spoiled brats

Where would we be without pronouncements from hunters such as Patrick Martin, manager of the Bicester and Whaddon Chase Hound Club (Oxford Mail, December 27)?   more...

Up at auction

At a time of falling congregations, one Oxford church is launching an appeal to buy a £650,000 building to provide more room for Sunday services.   more...

Pensioner fears for future

A wheelchair-bound pensioner fears for the future after being told she may no longer be able to stay at the Oxford pain clinic where she has been treated for 14 years.   more...

'Bodleian store will ruin view'

Oxford University's proposed £27m book depository in Osney Mead will be fiercely opposed by conservationists, who say it would have a catastrophic impact on famous views of the city.   more...

Burglars target OAPs

Police believe a series of incidents in Oxford in which elderly people have either returned home to find intruders in their house, or been the target of conmen who tricked their way in, could be linked.   more...

Judge attacks CPS over drugs case

A judge has described as scandalous a Crown Prosecution Service decision to offer no evidence when two Oxford men denied drug dealing charges.   more...

An injection of parking spaces

Moves to improve access to the John Radcliffe and other Headington hospitals will see bus lanes created and more hospital car parking.   more...

Electric shock of sales tactics

Door-to-door salesmen have been criticised for the tactics they use to get people to switch fuel suppliers.   more...

Power station owns up

An energy company yesterday (February 2) held its hands up and admitted responsibility for ash which has been showering the Didcot area for the past two days.   more...

Friday, February 3: Traffic plan must link together

One of the big criticisms of the move to concentrate so many of Oxford's hospital services at Headington was that transport issues were largely ignored.   more...

Tuesday, January 31: Fine words, but no promises

At last he has said something. But whether the words of Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam will have any effect on the club's dismal run of performances remains to be seen.   more...

Trust: we will shut hospital

Health officials say they will not abandon plans to replace Bicester's community hospital with a bedless primary care centre -- despite an apparent Government u-turn.   more...

Police set up local teams

A new type of neighbourhood policing is coming to Witney, Woodstock and Eynsham with officers responsible for each town.   more...

'Employ tsar to tackle trouble'

Wallingford needs a tsar to sort out the town's problems with dirty dogs, rowdy teenagers, antisocial behaviour, illegal parking and litter dropping says a town councillor.   more...

Pain unit must not be closed

I find the thought of closure of the Pain Relief Unit at the Churchill Hospital at Headington, Oxford, abhorrent (Oxford Mail, January 10).   more...

Tony makes flying visit

Prime Minister Tony Blair breezed into town to address distinguished guests at a University function yesterday but did not have time to speak to the Oxford Mail.   more...

Vote to turf out crooks

You can vote by text message for who is evicted from Big Brother and who should leave the jungle in I'm a Celebrity -- and now you can use your mobile phone to help evict criminals from the streets of an Oxford estate.   more...

Oxfordshire Sport

Dempster given four-match ban

JOHN Dempster's sending-off at Rushden last Saturday has earned Oxford United's centre back a four-match ban.   more...

Speedway: Gordon is new Cheetahs boss

FORMER Exeter rider Graeme Gordon has been appointed Oxford Cheetahs team manager.   more...

Sporting fixtures: the week ahead

SATURDAY   more...

Football: Milton hit by Stowell injury blow

MILTON United have been dealt an injury crisis ahead of their trip to in-form Slimbridge in the Premier Division tomorrow.   more...

Rugby: Quins bid to upset odds

OXFORD Harlequins' director of rugby Matt Maudsley believes the pressure will be on Chinnor when the two sides clash in the Oxfordshire Cup on Sunday (2.30pm).   more...

Football: Cup shock boosts Thame escape bid

THAME United's joint manager Richard Searl wants more of the same from his giantkillers when the basement boys host seventh-placed Swindon Supermarine tomorrow.   more...

Football: Spence sits it out

LEADERS Oxford City will be without striker Ray Spence when they host Leverstock in tomorrow's Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division clash.   more...

Football: Wright takes legal action

FORMER Oxford United boss Mark Wright (below) has launched a legal action against Peterborough, following his sacking on Tuesday.   more...